Tag Archives: Gold Coast

Road Trip to Pottsville

Posted on September 8, 2022 by debbie

Both M&D have the day off today so we all pile into the car and head south to Pottsville, in New South Wales. It is about a 40 minute drive on the M1 highway. Our first stop is Hastings Point … Continue reading →

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Arrived!

Posted on September 7, 2022 by debbie

I am sitting in my son and daughter-in-law’s (M&D) dining room in Robina, Queensland. The two flights from Edmonton, through Vancouver, to Brisbane where uneventful. The 14 1/2 hour flight across the Pacific was slightly gruelling, but watching three movies … Continue reading →

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More Specific Gold Coast Observations

Posted on May 5, 2018 by murray

Greenspace is important here in the Gold Coast, and if I remember correctly, all over Australia. The other place I remember very clearly is Brisbane and it also has a lot of parks. In the Gold Coast you can’t drive … Continue reading →

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Gold Coast to Cairns

Posted on June 19, 2016 by debbie

We leave M&D today and fly to Cairns. D is studying for and then writing her end of term exams. We did not want to interfere with her studying, so we planned a scuba dive trip on a live aboard … Continue reading →

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Urban Aus

Posted on June 18, 2016 by murray

It is a day about town. Gold Coast has grown since I was here last in 1986. It has turned into a real city with big malls, urban sprawl and traffic to rival any western world city. Pacific Fair,  the … Continue reading →

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